Rice v. Travis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
This is a suit in trespass, in which appellee obtained a judgment in the circuit court of Cook county, against appellants, for $927 for the value of household furniture and other goods and chattels taken at the instance of appellants by a constable, on a writ of replevin issued by a justice of the peace of Cook county. The Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment and granted a certificate of importance and an appeal to this court.
The constable who executed the writ was one of the defendants, but the suit was abated as to him by his death. The declaration contained…
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